High Wind — King, Texas

2021-12-10 · King, Texas

56 MG

Magnitude

Wider weather episode

During the daytime of the tenth, a large positively tilted trough over the Great Basin amplified as a pair of short wave troughs moved across far West Texas and eastern New Mexico. This induced strong surface lee cyclogenesis in eastern Colorado into western Kansas. A strong jet streak of 90 knots at 500mb rotated over the region during the afternoon further enhancing the surface winds. Widespread stout surface winds resulted from this setup producing numerous high wind gusts and blowing dust.

Peak high wind gusts below were reported from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet:

67 mph at Guthrie (King County),

65 mph at Friona (Parmer County),

63 mph at Aspermont (Stonewall County),

63 mph at Slaton (Lubbock County),

61 mph at O'Donnell (Lynn County),

60 mph at White River Lake (Crosby County),

60 mph at Graham (Garza County),

58 mph at Paducah (Cottle County), and

58 mph at Northfield (Motley County).

Additionally, the automated surface observing system at Lubbock Preston Smith International airport recorded a peak wind gust of 67 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 988508. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.